Drying device



June 26, 1928.

L. B. M CRAY ET AL DRYING DEVI CE Filed Sept. 7, 1927 Patents June 26, 1928.

stares norsn 2B. rrcoanY, or GARTHAGE, vrissonnr, AND WILLIAM v. MORGAN, or BAXTER srrtrnes,

Application filed September This invention relates to drying and more particularly to devices for drylng'clothes and the like.

An important object of DRYING devices the invention is device for drying clothes and particularly womens silk dresses which usually must be dried relatively rapidly and out of ning.

A further ob ect is to provide directing means for direct sunlight to prevent the colors of the goods from fading or runnovel air projecting air into the interior of the garment-for drying it.

A further object is to provide device adapted particularly for u nection wlth an ordinary cooling projecting currents of air into dry it.

A air tunnel having an outlet end 0 may be arranged a garment to be a drying se in confan for 'arment to further object is to provide a novel ver which dried, the

tunnel further being provided with an inlet end adjacent which the impeller of an ordinary cooling fan may be arranged.

A further object is to provide a substantially arcuate sheet metal casing in the form of an air tunnel having a horizontally arranged inlet opening adjacent which a. fan may be arranged and a substantially vertical enlarged outlet opening'over garment to be dried which the may be supported.

A further object is to provide novel means for supporting the garment above the air tunnel.

A further object is to provide novel means for holding the lower edges of the garment with respect to the air tunnel so that air currents may be directed into the garment.

Other ob ects and advantages of the invention will. become apparent d uring the course of the following description.

In the drawings we have shown one embodiment of the invention. s,

Figure 1 is a front elevation, Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 1, parts being shown in elevation,

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Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of a portion vice, parts being shown in of the garment holding desection.

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DEVICE.

7, 1927. Serial No. 217,956.

tion by a thumb screw 13. The upper end of the support is extended'inwardly substantially horizontally as at'le and terminates in a hook1'5upon which may be supported a garment hanger 16 of the usualtype.

An air tunnel indicated as a whole by the numeral 17 is arranged over the base 10 and is substantially arcuate in shape. The tunnel is provided with inlet and outlet ends 18 and 19 arranged horizontally and vertically respectively. The tunnel is formed of sheet metal and is preferably made up of a plurality of sections 20 secured together at their edges, as will be apparent. The lower portion of the tunnel may be supported upon the base by a block21 or any other suitable-means. A bracket 22 is secured to the tunnel adjacent its upper end and is provided with an aperture through which the standard 11 extends whereby the upper end of the tunnel is supported by the standard.

The impeller 23 of an ordinary cooling fan is arranged in the inlet end of the tunnel and 'is-surrounded by the usual guard 2 1 which preferablyfits Within the tunnel. The impeller is driven by the usual motor 25 arranged ona base 26 supported on the base 10.

A plurality'of cross arms 27 are arranged over the outlet end of the tunnel and are secured together at their centers by rivets 28 or other fastening means. Each of the arms is provided adjacent opposite ends with vertical portions 29 engaging the wall of the tunnel and secured thereto by rivets or the like 30. Each end. of each of the arms 27 overhangs and extends outwardly of the wall of the tunnel, as indicated at 31, and a preferably tapered socket 32 is soldered or otherwise secured to each overhanging end to frictionally receive one end of a clothes clip 33 of the usual type. Similar sockets may be arranged on each end of each of the arms inwardly of the walls of the tunnel to receive clothes clips to be secured to the ends of garments which are smaller than the tunnel, as will be apparent. As shown in Figure 1, a garment 35 may be arranged on the hanger 16, and the lower end of the garment may be engaged by the outer clothes clips 33. I

The operation of the device is as follows:

After a garment has been washed it may be arranged on a hanger 16, and the latter may be supported by the hook 15. "One arm of each of the clips 33 is fricti'oiially held in of the lower end of the garment is not s'ufliciently large to perinitthe edge portion to be engaged by the outer clips 33, it will be rqJparent ;-that the inner clips may be employed. These inner clipsalso may be used when drying dresses provided withunderskirts. The motor 25 is then operated to drive the "impeller 23 to propel-a current of air through the tunnel this current of air being discharged upwardly into the garment to effect the drying thereof. Obviously, some of the air will pass through the material of the garment tov facilitate the drying action. The inlet end of the tunnel is approximately the same size. as the fan 23 and since the tunnel is closed throughout its length, the entire current of air will be utilized for the drying operation. I

It is 'to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the'shap'e, size and arrangement of-parts sorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

1. Agarment drying device comprising a tunnel having inlet and outlet ends, means arranged-adjacent the inlet end ofsaid tunnel for impelling currents of air therethrough, a support adapted to hold a garment adjacent the outlet end of the tunnel, a

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ing portions adapted to be by said plurality of cross arms supported on the out let end of'the tunnel, sockets carried by said arms, and a plurality of garment clips havreceived in said sockets and adapted to subtend a port-ion of the garment over said outlet end.

"2'. A garment drying device comprising a tapered arcuate tunnel having its smaller and larger ends arranged horizontally and vertically respectively a base for supporting said tunnel, a fan arranged adjacent the smaller end of said tunnel to impel air therethrough, a support carried by said base and having a portion overhanging and arranged above the larger end of said port a garment thereover, and means carried tunnel adjacent its large subtending a portion of said garment thereover.

3. A garment drying device comprising a tapered arcuate tunnel having its smaller and largerehds arranged horizontally and vertically respectively, a base for supporting said tunnel, a fan arranged adjacent the smaller end of said tunnel to impel air therethrough a standard carried by said base, a support vertically slidable in said standard and having a ,portion overhangingand arranged above the larger end of said tunnel .to support a garment thereover, and a plir.

rality of clips arranged around the out-let end of said tunnel on cross arms carried by said tunnel for subtending .a portion of the garment thereover. a

v In testimony whereof we'aflix our signatures.

LQ E ORAY. 7 WILLIAM V. MORGAN.

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